Cuteness overload as a tiny elephant calf rubs against mum's legs. We had been following a herd of elephants with several small calves for awhile in Kenya’s Olare Motorogi Conservancy. Of particular interest, was a mother and her tiny calf just a few weeks old. The...
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Elephant herd with a tiny calf – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Elephant herd with a tiny calf. We found a breeding herd of elephants on morning in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. There were several young calves with the herd but we spotted one that was very young indeed. We watched the antics of this young...
Elephants at sunrise – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Elephants at sunrise. When there is a sunrise like this one it is always worth getting up extra early to be in location at sunrise. In Kenya’s Olare Motorogi Conservancy, ths particular morning was special since not only was there a stunning sunrise but there some...
A thirsty female Puma – Patagonia, Chile 2025
A thirsty female Puma. In Chile’s Patagonian near Torres del Paine, we spotted this female Puma (known as Petaca) walking down a hillside. She appeared to be heading for a small stream and we hoped she would drink right in front of us. She did! Such a great sight to...
Female Puma walks down a hillside – Patagonia, Chile 2025
Female Puma walks down a hillside. In Chile’s Patagonian near Torres del Paine, we spotted this female Puma (known as Petaca) on the brow of a hill with mountains as a backdrop. She made her way down the hillside through the bushes. This was a particularly satisfying...
A female puma explores below a rocky outcrop – Patagonia, Chile 2025
A female puma explores below a rocky outcrop. We found this female Puma (known as Escarcha) exploring below a nice rocky outcrop in Chile’s Patagonia. In August 2025, it had mostly been cold and windy for our visit. Today was no exception but the rocky outcrop gave us...
Puma through the long grass – Patagonia, Chile 2025
Puma through the long grass. It was a cold a windy day in Chile’s Patagonia. Torres del Paine is a hot spot for spotting Pumas. We had been tracking this female (known as Escarcha) for quite some time and it had been a challenge keeping up with her. On this occasion...
Puma on the run – Torres del Paine, Chile 2025
Puma on the run. As was typical when we visited Chile’s Patagonia in July 2025, it was cold and very windy. In the distance, we spied a female puma (known as Escarcha) walking along a hillside. Suddenly, she began to run and bound along. The scene was partly backlit...
Leopard leaves her kill high in a tree and goes for a walkabout – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Leopard leaves her kill high in a tree and goes for a walkabout. In the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, A female leopard (known as Natito) had stashed her Thompson’s Gazelle kill in a tree. She would come back to the kill over a few days until it...
Big male lion on a misty morning – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Big male lion on a misty morning. It was a very misty morning in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. As the mist began to lift, we spotted Osupat, a big and dominant male lion. He headed straight towards us, passing by our vehicle by just a metre or...
Sunrise with lions and hyenas on a wildebeest kill – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Sunrise with lions and hyenas on a wildebeest kill. The sun was just rising when we reached the plain in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. In the distance we could hear quite a commotion with hyenas yipping and jackals barking. Was this the scene...
Lions on a wildebeest carcass with jackals and hyenas – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Lions on a wildebeest carcass with jackals and hyenas. It was still not quite light when we reached the plain in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. In the distance we could hear quite a commotion with hyenas yipping and jackals barking. Was this...
Male lions tussle over a wildebeest carcass – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Male lions tussle over a wildebeest carcass. It was still not quite light when we reached the plain in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. In the distance we could hear quite a commotion with hyenas yipping and jackals barking. Was this the scene of...
Male lions see off an unwelcome lioness – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Male lions see off an unwelcome lioness. It was still not quite light when we reached the plain in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. In the distance we could hear quite a commotion with hyenas yipping and jackals barking. Was this the scene of a...
Leopard in a tree during a heavy thunderstorm – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Leopard in a tree during a heavy thunderstorm. In the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, we knew that a female leopard (Natito) had stashed the remains of a Thompson’s Gazelle kill. As the storm clouds gathered we made our way to the tree and there she...
Lion pride under a stormy sky – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Lion pride under a stormy sky. The day was drawing to a close in the Naboisho Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Dark clouds had been rolling in for some time heralding a significant storm. We found members of the Breakaway likisiausiau pride of lions sitting amongst...
Lion cubs playing around a tree stump – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Lion cubs playing around a tree stump. The Breakaway likisiausiau pride of lions had emerged from the bushes as the day was drawing to a close. They were scattered over quite some distance in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Two small cubs were having...
Leopard with her Thompson’s Gazelle kill – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Leopard with her Thompson's Gazelle kill. A very memorable encounter with a female leopard in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Early in the morning we found this female Leopard (known as Natito) high in a tree with a Thompson’s Gazelle that she...
Huge male Lion roaring as the storm clouds gather – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
Huge male Lion roaring as the storm clouds gather. The day was drawing to a close in the Naboisho Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Dark clouds had been rolling in for some time heralding a significant storm. We found members of the Breakaway likisiausiau pride of...
A Cheetah enjoys a refreshing drink – Maasai Mara, Kenya 2025
A Cheetah enjoys a refreshing drink. In the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara we had been following this female Cheetah (known as Nashipai) for quite some distance and times it was difficult to keep up with her. She was obviously on the look out for...



















